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CONTENTS 



The Great Northern Diver 

 The Powder Post Beetle 

 A Floating Island 

 Active Gleaners . 

 Flocking Already! 



When the Swallows 



The Fascination of Light 



The Canadian Mocking-Berd 



The Old Sport . 



A Migrating Butterfly 



The Great Blue Heron 



Flowers of the Season 



The Passing of Summer 



The Waning Year 



The Witch Hazel 



The Tussock Moth 



Epipactis Viridiflora . 



Departing Summer Visitors 



Whip-Poor- Will 



Birds of Passage . 



The Haunt of the Coot 



A Lonely Wanderer 



The Autumn Panorama 



The Dead Leaves Fall 



Weather Prophets 



As THE Year Passes 



Preparing for Spring 



Early Winter 



Some Winter Visitors 



Winter Buds 



Bittersweet . 



Inspired by the Snow 



An Evening Reveller 



The Great Horned Owl 



muskrats 



Last Day of Danger 



The Beach in Winter 



Nature's Dreams * 



Index . 



